Will Durant

Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.

Will Durant

Man is an emotional animal, occasionally rational; and through his feelings he can be deceived to his heart’s content.

Will Durant

Men decided that it was better to pay taxes than to fight among themselves; better to pay tribute to one magnificent robber than to bribe them all.

Will Durant

Men look to love and life for everything; they receive a little less than that; they imagine that they have received nothing: these are the three stages of the pessimist.

Will Durant

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.

Will Durant

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Will Durant

No man who is in a hurry is quite civilized.

Will Durant

Nothing is lost in history: sooner or later every creative idea finds opportunity and development, and adds its color to the flame of life.

Will Durant

Nothing is new except arrangement.

Will Durant

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

Will Durant